22Suspension or cancellation of licence

22 Suspension or cancellation of licence

(1) The Authority may suspend a licence for a specified period or cancel it if it is satisfied that grounds for suspension or cancellation exist.

(2) The grounds for suspension or cancellation of a licence are any of the following—

(a) the licensee has not paid any appropriate fee;

(b) the licensee has not complied with a condition or restriction of the licence;

S. 22(2)(c) amended by No. 24/2003 s. 69.

(c) the grounds on which the application for a licence could be refused specified in section 18(1)(b), 18(1)(c), 18(1)(d), 18(1)(e), 18(1)(f), 18(1)(g), 18(1)(h), 18(1)(i) or 18(2);

(d) the licensee has requested the suspension or cancellation;

S. 22(2)(e) inserted by No. 98/1997 s. 30(3).

(e) in the case of a declared facility, the licensee has not complied with a requirement made by the Authority under section 12A.

(3) Before suspending or cancelling a licence under subsection (2)(a) to (c) the Authority must—

(a) give written notice to the licensee of its intention and the reasons for it; and

(b) give the licensee a reasonable opportunity to make written submissions to it on the matter; and

(c) if the ground for suspension or cancellation in section 18(d) applies to the licensee—

(i) state what the licensee has to do to comply with the prescribed minimum standard; and

(ii) specify a period within which that minimum standard must be complied with; and

(iii) be satisfied that the licensee has not complied with that standard within that specified period.

(4) While a person's licence is suspended, the person must be taken not to hold a licence.

(5) If a suspended licence is renewed during the suspension period, the suspension continues to apply to the new licence.

(6) The Authority may at any time revoke the suspension of a licence.